Lake Ohrid, Albania, provides an exceptional multi-proxy record of environmental changes during the last glacial-interglacial cycle

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 116-127

  Lezine A M ^a   von Grafenstein, U ^a   Andersen, N ^b   Belmecheri, S ^a   Bordon, A ^a   Caron, B ^c   Cazet, J P ^a   Erlenkeuser, H ^b   Fouache, E ^d   Grenier, C ^a   Huntsman Mapila, P ^e   Hureau Mazaudier, D ^f   Manelli, D ^g   Mazaud, A ^a   Robert, C ^h   Sulpizio, R ⁱ   Tiercelin, J J ^j   Zanchetta, G ^c   Zeqollari, Z ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^g Geological Survey   (Albania)

^h CEREGE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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Author keywords

Albania; Last climatic cycle; Multi proxy approach; Ohrid; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MINERALOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALBANIA; LAKE OHRID;

EID: 77149145182     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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